Sleaford Mods announce new EP, share new song ‘Stick In A Five and Go’

The band announced the EP with a message on Twitter
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The duo insist they're "still very good"

Sleaford Mods have announced a new, self-titled five-track EP that’ll be released next month.

The band released their last album ‘English Tapes’ back in 2017, which NME described as a ‘stark sound that might not be for everyone, but Williamson’s sideways swipes at pop culture and his own big nights out are as hypnotic as Fearn’s punked-up electronica which, despite its simplicity, is nigh impossible not to move to.’

The duo announced the new EP – out September 14 on Rough Trade – with a video message to their Twitter followers. “What was ya thinking when you thought, ‘oh, no I won’t bother anymore. They’re a bit shit. They just shout don’t they?'” Jason Williamson began.

“What was ya thinking when you thought, ‘oh, I’ll go out and buy somebody else’s record, someone new’. No, it’s not very good. We’re still very good.” Watch the video message below.

“Y’know, the working classes are feeling alienated; there was a massive turn-out for the working classes with the [Brexit] vote. I just think: ‘No, not really – it’s just a load of crap, isn’t it?’

“[Brexit voters said] ‘Well, we’ve got to get the country back’ – really? What country? Whose country is that? It’s never belonged to the people. Blaming minorities for this, that, and the other – it’s just fear, isn’t it? A lot of people still are unwilling to come to terms with the truth. You feel pain, sorrow, hate constantly for the people who are drawing up the rules.

“And it’s not going to go away, is it? We’re not going to wake up tomorrow morning and everything’s going to be OK. So the music that we make and the lyrics that I write reflect that – we just roll along with the pain of that, don’t we?”